JPN 1121C-0001/0002 Spring 2021 Syllabus Elementary Japanese Language and Civilization II (4 credit hours)
Instructor: Chiu-ching (Ken) Tseng Classroom: Canvas & Synchronous Zoom sections Days: T & R email: [email protected] Times: 0001: 10:30am – 11:45am Office & 359 Trevor Colboum Hall & Zoom 0002: 13:30pm – 14:45pm Office hour: Virtual Office M, W: 9am -10:15am & T, R: 12pm- 13:15 (and by appointment)
Course Description • JPN 1121C, JPN level 2, is designed as a beginning language course for those who have some knowledge of the Japanese language. Students who can take this course must have passed JPN1120 (higher than C or 73%) at UCF. This course’s emphasis is on communications in Japanese appropriate to the given contexts. The cultural aspects, etiquette, and manners suitable for the society will be introduced and discussed in each lesson. • If you speak or know Japanese as a heritage language, took Japanese at other schools (universities, high schools, or language schools), or lived in Japan and have some language knowledge, please contact the instructor as soon as possible and discuss if this class is right for you.
Student Learning Outcomes Four language skills are focused on. Students will: • Master a number of pre-intermediate levels of verb conjugations, particle usages, and additional lexical categories. • Master 84 additional sets of kanjis. • Be introduced to the relative clause in Japanese and yet/already perfective structures. • Describe multiple activities using ～たり～たりand habits. • Be able to give more descriptive expressions, including workplace, living place, party- planning, the weather, and seasons. • Be able to give directions, ask for permission, and use purposeful & suggestional expressions. • Master aspirational and self-impressional forms - ~たいform and ～そうforms. • Be able to use emphatic speech and reported speech • Be able to use formal/polite and/or informal/plain forms of Japanese in a different context. • Learn aspects of Japanese culture that relate to the lesson topics Course Textbook & Materials Required Textbooks: 1. Japan Foundation Ed. (2013) Marugoto: Japanese language and culture Starter A2 coursebook for communicative language activities “Katsudoo”. Tokyo: Sanshusha. (ISBN-13: 978-4-384-05754-6) 2. Japan Foundation Ed. (2013) Marugoto: Japanese language and culture Starter A2 coursebook for communicative language competences “Rikai”. Tokyo: Sanshusha. (ISBN-13: 978-4-384-05755-3)
Online Materials: - Download Materials for use with Marugoto https://www.marugoto.org/en/download/ - MARUGOTO + (MARUGOTO Plus) http://marugotoweb.jp - MARUGOTO Words http://words.marugotoweb.jp/top.php?lang=en
Computer & Equipment: - Computer with Internet-enabled function - Working microphone and webcam (a USB headset or external earphones is STRONGLY recommended) - A stable/established internet connection.
How to Enable Japanese Text Input • To enable Japanese text input on your keyboard using Windows: Go To: "Control Panel" / "Add a language" (under "Clock, Language, and Region") / Click on “Add a language” / scroll down to find Japanese / Click on “Add” and follow the installing instructions. • To enable Japanese text input on your keyboard using Mac OS: Go To: “System Preferences...” / “Language & Text” (under “Personal”) / Select “Input Sources” / Find Japanese (kotoeri), and check Hiragana, Katakana, and Romaji (others are optional) • Google “how to enable Japanese input method” for your computer operating system
To practice Japanese typing Go to the following website and practice up to Level 1, Lesson 7, within the course’s first few days. https://www.coscom.co.jp/learnjapanese801/index.html
As you become proficient in typing in Japanese, you will notice that pressing the space bar after typing out a word in hiragana will give you the option of the spelling of the word you type in kanji. Do not select the kanji spellings for words that you have not learned the kanji in the lesson. There are two reasons: 1. Since Japanese has many homonyms, you are apt to select the wrong kanji spelling. For example, the words “yesterday” and “function” are both written as きのう (kinoo) in hiragana, but are written as 昨日 or 機能 in kanji, respectively. 2. To avoid erroneous automatic grading for your assignments, quizzes, and tests by the Canvas system. Canvas will mark your answer wrong if that kanji spelling has not yet been covered in the class. Be sure to read the directions on text input for each question carefully. Grading Criteria & Policies 一. Grading schema
Activity Percent Points Letter Attendance, Preparation, Participation 20% 95 or above A Assignments/Homework/Project 30% 90 - 94.99 A- Quizzes (In-class quizzes) 20% 87 - 89.99 B+ Tests (Test I, Test II, Test III & Oral Exam) 30% 83 - 86.99 B 80 - 82.99 B- 二. Attendance & Participation 77 - 79.99 C+ This is a fully-remoted synchronous course. Your full attendance and 73 - 76.99 C participation are expected. You are also responsible for weekly reading 70 - 72.99 C- and assignments listed in the syllabus BEFORE each class. 67 - 69.99 D+ 三. Absence Any excused, authorized absence must be corroborated by writing 63 - 66.99 D proof. The final exam will be conducted synchronously on a given date 60 - 62.99 D- within the final period. 59.99 or less F
四. Accessibility & Accommodation The University of Central Florida is committed to providing access and inclusion for all persons with disabilities. Students with disabilities who need disability-related access in this course should contact the professor as soon as possible. Students should also connect with Student Accessibility Services (SAS)
Tentative schedule (subject to change) Topic Reading & Preparation Linguistic Focus(es) HW & Online Tasks Week1 Course-intro 火： Refer to Canvas for Jan 11 – Orientation your weekly tasks. Jan 15 Self-Introduction Prerequisite check-up Startup 木： Level 1: Review
1/15 FRI – Activity Scholarship Late Registration Last day to Drop Drop/Swap Deadline Add Deadline 1/18 MON, MLK Day – no Monday class Week2 Module 1 火： LESSON 1: 私父母子 Refer to Canvas for かつどう Jan 18 – Kanji L1 Vocab: Family 男女人何 （りかい your weekly tasks. Jan 22 P22-32 Te-form of the Verb p23） Particle に・で りかい P22- 木： LESSON 2: 国外語英 36 Te-form 中好 （りかい p31） Kanji L2 Week3 Module 2 火： LESSON 3: 春夏秋冬 Refer to Canvas for かつどう Jan 25 – Sentence ～とき 今花海 山川 （りか your weekly tasks. Jan 29 P34-46 い p39） りかい P38- LESSON 4: 今天気晴 木：Kanji L4 52 雨雪雲 風空（りか
い p47） Week4 Module 3 火： Refer to Canvas for かつどう 町店気多 Feb 1 – LESSON 5: your weekly tasks. Feb 5 P48-60 少高安 広 （りかい 木： りかい P54- p55） Kanji L5 68 Seasons/Months Adjective Verb
Week5 火： Refer to Canvas for 道通右左 Feb 8 – なります(become) LESSON 6: your weekly tasks. Feb 12 赤青黒 白 （りかい Kanji L6 Weather Adjective p63）
木： Kanji L7 Adjective Review 2/15 -16 MON-TUE: テスト 1 (TEST 1 online): Module 1 – 3 (lesson 1-6) Week6 Module 4 火： LESSON 7: 時間場所 Refer to Canvas for かつどう Feb 15 – Kanji L7 Adjective 駅出待 止 （りかい your weekly tasks. Feb 19 P62-72 p71 ） りかい P70- LESSON 8: 事仕事前 木： 84 後朝昼 夜乗 （りか Kanji L8 Te -form of the い p79 ） Verb Adjective Week7 Module 5 火： Refer to Canvas for かつどう 学校高先 Feb 22 – Kanji L9 Te -form of the LESSON 9: your weekly tasks. Feb 26 P74-88 Verb 生年勉 強 （りかい りかい P86- p87 ） 木： 102 Kanji L10 (place) に 行き ます ～ませんか
2/26 FRI: Japanese Program Cultural Event (Mandatory) – Pending info Week8 火： Refer to Canvas for Mar 1 – your weekly tasks. Mar 5 もう・まだ LESSON 10: 文化音楽 (already/yet) まえ・あ 旅行留 学友週回 と (before/after) （りかい p95 ） 木： LESSON 11: 物茶酒作 Kanji L11 持願 （りかい Module 6 Adjective Dictionary form p105 ） かつどう of the Verb ～てくださ LESSON 12: 料理味色 P90-102 いませんか ～かた： 野菜少 入 （りかい りかい P104- how to do p113 ） 118 Kanji L12 Tai-form of the Verb Week9 火： Refer to Canvas for Mar 8 – ～てみます ～ましょう your weekly tasks. Mar 12 か Kanji L11 Adjective Dictionary form of the Verb ～てくださ いませんか 木： ～かた： how to do Topics review 3/10 -11 WED-THU: テスト 2 (TEST 2 online): Module 4 – 6 (lesson 7-12) Week10 Module 7 火： Refer to Canvas for かつどう 社支張空 Mar 15 – Kanji L13 ～ていく・く LESSON 13: your weekly tasks. Mar 19 港発到 着午 （りか P104-114 る ～ても どちらがいい りかい P120- い ） ですか。 p121 134 LESSON 14: 自分電話 木： 車送使 借 （りかい ～そうです Kanji L14 p129 ） (looks like) ～そうな～ Connecting adjectives Week11 Module 8 火： Refer to Canvas for かつどう 体頭目耳 Mar 22 – Kanji L15 Expressing LESSON 15: your weekly tasks. Mar 26 P116-126 experience ～すぎます 手足上 下 （りかい りかい P136- ～が、～ p137 ） 150 LESSON 16: 毎朝週末 木： 元外起 歩走泳 （り Kanji L16 Te-form of the かい p145 ） Verb Permission: ～ても いい ですか 3/26 FRI: WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE Week12 Module 9 火： Refer to Canvas for かつどう Mar 29 – Kanji L17 Vocab: Body your weekly tasks. Apr 2 P128-139 parts ～んです Dictionary form of the りかい P152- Verb ～まえに ～るとい LESSON 17: 祝誕生結 166 いですね Nai-form of 婚絵写 真計 the Verb ～ないでくだ LESSON 18: 去家思 さい （りかい P 161 ） Plain form of the Verb Giving & Receiving Noun Modifying Clause 木： Kanji L18 Ta-form of the Verb Noun Modifying Clause ～と おもいます。 ～と いっていました 4/5-6 WED-THU: テスト 3 (TEST 3 online): Module 7 – 9 (lesson 13-18) Week13 火：test day Apr 5 – Work on SKIT at home Apr 9 木：no class 4/10 SAT: Skit 2-1 draft submission, due by the end of the day Week14 Spring break No classes Apr 12 – Apr 16 Week15 火：Course Conclusion Apr 19 – Apr 23 木：ORAL INTERVIEW Week16 ORAL EXAM 火：ORAL INTERVIEW Apr 26 (Mon) 木： 4/23 SUN: - Skit 2-2 Video Upload FINAL WEEK
Apr 28 – May 4 Final exam on 4/28 – 29
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